We are currently 12 dollars away from hitting 400.00! Who has $12 to help an Arizona immigrant/Dreamer family that is pursuing legal options for safety and security? Let’s keep this ball rolling and meet this need!

Hello! We have an urgent community need. A DACA recipient who is known to us has been facing increasingly pointed “encouragement” to self deport. 80% of US adults support legal pathways for Dreamers. Join us in helping to ease the burden on this family as they seek safety. 1/

The path toward re-creation will be cultivated with the swords & spears of the empire that have been beaten into plowshares and pruning hooks. (love this from @johnnarae.bsky.social👇)

You guys. It funded in 2 hours. Is this a record for us 😭 they will wake up to this news! This plus 25.00 on PayPal

You guys. It funded in 2 hours. Is this a record for us 😭 they will wake up to this news! This plus 25.00 on PayPal

318.00 left and we are done with funding this family’s need. In one hour we are almost done 😭 guys help me do this before T Swift takes over our algorithms

In 40 min we covered more than half of this need! Can we finish it out tonight so I can call over with them in the morning and satisfy their payment? A total of 643.00 left to raise!

Alright y’all. We’ve done this before can we do it again? A single car family just had their car marked for repossession for late payments. They need 1400.00 or they lose the vehicle which is the transportation for work and their 6 kids to and from school. Can we meet this need?

It’s time for us to have a serious conversation about bolstering and how it is being used as a weapon against whistleblowers in the deconstruction, exevangelical, religious trauma spaces. I wrote a small article diving deeper into the ways I have seen this behavior play out 👇

This is the only engagement I have seen from Laura Anderson surrounding some serious allegations. I’m disheartened that more leaders, especially mental health professionals, in the religious trauma space are not speaking up for the sake of survivors who are seeing this behavior modeled.

As it turns out, the inclusive-sounding bumper stickers on the bus don’t make it less heavy when it crunches over our poor ol’ bones.

There’s a pile of dead bodies behind the exevangelical influencer bus

“I want my kids to know that the person of Jesus is worth following, even if it costs you.” -Kenny Kenny’s story is now streaming. It was sacred and precious to get to carry this with him & we are so honored to be entrusted with this part of his story. Standing with you, Kenny. ☀️🫶

Sharing James’s story out of the Austin Stone with you today. We have had the privilege to learn who James is over the past year and we couldn’t be more honored to stand with him as he speaks up about his experience.

“He loved God’s word” is a wild claim for someone who hated God’s Image bearers.

It’s real obvious who is just tuning into @bbtbpod based on their response in reviews to Jay & I being affirming. This is not a new thing for us as people or as a podcast. 1/ 🧵

I don’t have the words yet, or maybe it’s the courage, to confront what this political era means for so many of us juggling family dynamics. The lines in the sand grow deeper and clearer 💔

This 10min episode had me sobbing in my car. It's a beautifully put together review of White Christian American brutality of the 'other'. How can this be acceptable? open.spotify.com/episode/0dB7... @johnnarae.bsky.social

Ben’s story is out now! Continually impressed by the integrity of the storytellers in this series out of Austin Stone. It is an honor to be able to share in bringing them to light.

If y’all listen to the pod and find this work helpful would you mind taking a min to review us? We don’t monetize and do not market-the pod’s reach is reliant on listeners sharing and reviewing. Thanks for being on this journey with us! And if you have feedback feel free to email

The first story out of our series from Austin Stone dropped today. Thank you to B for sharing her experience and reminding us the damage that happens when we value people for what they give and not who they are.

Don’t try to make it make sense. Just accept that we are mere phantasms in the mind of a deranged narcissistic psychopath.

40% of homes have a firearm. Kids know where they are. Asking “are they locked up” can save lives.

Talk a little about the processing I’ve been doing since being in Dallas on the ep today. It’s been heavy to say the least

Dropped an ep discussing my time out front of the SBC annual meeting and the newest revelations about Jeff Iorg’s treatment of survivors. Links in comments 👇 “The SBC Is Still Failing Survivors” now streaming

New Episode! This week, whilst @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com is on vacation, @johnnarae.bsky.social guest-hosts with Bon and stops him from ranting too much, as they discuss Howerton, Basham, Feucht, and the conspiracies of control and the culture of grift within the American Evangelical church.

Bonus ep just dropped on Bodies Behind the Bus today. All Jay 🔥 Here is an excerpt

Survivors deserve so much more 💔

Mollie is in the BBTB house!!!!

Wicked, evil, horror. Thousands of kids in Gaza have died from violence since October 2023 & 14k babies will die of starvation in the next few hours. Not because there isn’t food, but because they are not allowed to access it.

A classmate of one of Jay’s kids is currently detained by ICE. He was taken on his way to play in a basketball tournament. We have donated to this fundraiser and we are asking our community to come alongside this family as they work to hire him an immigration attorney. Please, give and share. 👇

Just finished the latest bbtb podcast from @johnnarae.bsky.social & others (“Holy Paranoia”). It’s a great convo w/ Jared Stacy. Appreciated the convo at the end about not fighting dehumanization w/ dehumanization (I actually wrote about this early this week: krrd.ing/posts/on-deh... )

Welcomed @jaredstacy.bsky.social to the pod on today’s ep! We have a convo about conspiracy theories and the Western evangelical propensity towards them. Grateful for his work and excited for his upcoming book “Holy Paranoia”

I just watched the MA ICE kidnapping of the mother with a baby and her teen. Listening to that teen girl screaming for her mom as they slammed her to the ground will be burned in the depths of my soul. Lord have mercy 💔

Welp Kelvin Gemstone did make me cry last night so there’s that

Starting Doctor Who with my littles. They’ve watched the last 2 Docs but we are heading back to 2005 revival to watch it through.

Seth’s story is now streaming! Be sure to check out ep 79 “Alicia’s Story” for more context on the youth pastor discussed in this ep. Follow @thepersistentdr on ig for updates and to help spread the word about this ministry.

My toxic trait is scrolling Zillow in old haunted AZ towns and dreaming of buying a home there

Survivors are struggling. We have an influx of people w/ critical bills that they are struggling to pay. We need you to help us fund these immediate needs. Sacred Wilderness is a registered 501c3 providing direct help to survivors of religious abuse. Donate at the link below 👇

Not enough shame to not post that I also ended the night with cake, cheezits, and bourbon. Dark times are upon us.

Here to report cake for breakfast is a great choice.

me when someone gets their order of mozzarella cheese sticks and then says “there’s no way i can eat all of these”

1/ New Episode is up! In this episode @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com and @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social are joined by @johnnarae.bsky.social of Bodies Behind the Bus, and she educates us about abuse within the Church, how it happens, and what victims and leaders can do to avoid it or process it.

Grateful to Ben & Bon for having me on to chat! I so appreciate their curiosity & care. Check out their pod below! 👇

My three yo just started blasting Christmas music. I’m a strict no Christmas music until thanksgiving but this year we may need to make an exception

So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming

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I TRULY appreciated the time I got to speak with @johnnarae.bsky.social on their "The Bodies Behind the Bus" podcast! Open, honest, true talk about The Church and abuse 👊

Advice from a millennial on making it through these dark times: buy the stinkiest, fancy cheese you can afford and your bev of choice. Turn the lights off. And binge new girl.